Species Baliosus randia

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)

Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Subfamily Cassidinae (Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines)

Tribe Chalepini

Genus Baliosus

Species randia (Baliosus randia)

Explanation of Names

Baliosus randia Riley 2015

Size

length 2.9–3.4 mm (mean = 3.1 mm, n = 13) (1)

Identification

HOLOTYPE

Range

southmost TX (nr. Brownsville, Cameron Co.) (1)

Habitat

clay hills east of Brownsville, Texas, and in the Sabal Palm Sanctuary, a remnant of southern Texas palm forest. (1)

Season

known from 48 spmns coll'ed Mar-May, Oct. (1)

Food

coll'ed on crucillo (Randia rhagocarpa, Rubiaceae) (1)

Remarks

Texas considers this a SGCN (2)(3)

See Also

can be confused with members of the genus Sumitrosis to which it bears an overall general resemblance. (1)

Print References

Riley, E.G. 2015. Three new hispine beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) from the United States and a new United States record. The Coleopterists Bulletin 69(4): 183-190. (1)

Riley, E.G. and J.E. King. 2009. Element record datasheets submitted to Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Wildlife Division, Austin. (3)

Works Cited

1.	Three new hispine beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) from the United States and a new United States record. Riley, E.G. 2015. The Coleopterists Bulletin 69(4): 183-190.

2.	Texas "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) - TPWD

3.	Element record datasheets, submitted to Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Wildlife Division, Austin. Riley E.G., King J.E. 2009.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 28 December, 2015 - 4:34pm
Last updated 29 September, 2022 - 1:43pm

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